Minsk Group to meet next week over serious escalation of fighting in Karabakh conflict zone
02.04.2016,
14:27
The OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh will meet next week in Vienna to discuss the most serious escalation of fighting in the conflict zone since the 1994 truce, gazeta.ru reports, citing a source in the organization.
YEREVAN, April 2. /ARKA/. The OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh will meet next week in Vienna to discuss the most serious escalation of fighting in the conflict zone since the 1994 truce, gazeta.ru reports, citing a source in the organization.
According to the source, the Minsk Group co-chairs from Russian, USA and France will inform the members of the Minsk Group, consisting of a number of OSCE participating states, on the situation in the conflict zone and their steps for a search of ways to facilitate the resolution of this protracted conflict.
According to the source, the decision was forced by the heavy fighting reported in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the OSCE’s mediating role in helping to resolve the conflict.
Armenian military authorities accused today Azerbaijani forces of launching a major offensive, involving tanks, heavy artillery and helicopter gunships in the early hours of April 2. The Armenian ministry of defense said there were "casualties on both sides."
Nagorno-Karabakh's defense ministry said they have shot down two military helicopters and destroyed also three battle tanks and two drones.
Russia's president Vladimir Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said Putin was "deeply concerned about the reports on resumed military actions along the line of engagement in Nagorno-Karabakh" and called on the parties to the conflict to implement an immediate cease-fire and to exercise restraint. -0-
According to the source, the Minsk Group co-chairs from Russian, USA and France will inform the members of the Minsk Group, consisting of a number of OSCE participating states, on the situation in the conflict zone and their steps for a search of ways to facilitate the resolution of this protracted conflict.
According to the source, the decision was forced by the heavy fighting reported in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the OSCE’s mediating role in helping to resolve the conflict.
Armenian military authorities accused today Azerbaijani forces of launching a major offensive, involving tanks, heavy artillery and helicopter gunships in the early hours of April 2. The Armenian ministry of defense said there were "casualties on both sides."
Nagorno-Karabakh's defense ministry said they have shot down two military helicopters and destroyed also three battle tanks and two drones.
Russia's president Vladimir Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said Putin was "deeply concerned about the reports on resumed military actions along the line of engagement in Nagorno-Karabakh" and called on the parties to the conflict to implement an immediate cease-fire and to exercise restraint. -0-
